|
View previous topic :: View next topic
|
| Author |
Message |
Pijaibros
Joined: 04 Dec 2006
Location: Casino Night Zone
|
 Posted: Sat Jul 17, 2010 2:33 am |
  |
|
| culpalibri wrote: |
| One thing I do to make DQ IX a little harder is never equipping an item on a character unless it looks good on them. I have several characters who do not wear gloves or helmets, for instance, because it just doesn't go well with everything else they're wearing. |
This is the proper way to play Dragon Quest Nine. My goal is to max out my main character's style score. I don't even know if that stat really does anything.
I dress everyone else to look good for their role. except for that slime armor i just made. that is so stupid looking i had to put it on my thief.
_________________
 |
|
| Filter / Back to top |
|
 |
BalbanesBeoulve
Malicious Bastard
Joined: 04 Dec 2006
|
| Posted: Sat Jul 17, 2010 3:02 am |
|
|
With high style/charm characters are occasionally stunned by your beauty and coolness.
_________________
 |
|
| Filter / Back to top |
|
|
Knurek
Joined: 16 Dec 2006
|
| Posted: Sat Jul 17, 2010 7:47 am |
|
|
| BalbanesBeoulve wrote: |
| Knurek wrote: |
4. Speaking of no loot - that they removed treasures/special enemies from the world map is a travesty. Hunting for both was a high point of DQ8. |
Have you not noticed the sparklies on the field map? |
Those are just alchemy components, not proper loot (mini medals, gold, weapons, etc). |
|
| Filter / Back to top |
|
|
8128
Joined: 06 Jun 2008
Location: a very very very fine house
|
| Posted: Sat Jul 17, 2010 3:33 pm |
|
|
yeah but you need them to make weapons etc
it's a more monster hunter way of doing things
_________________
 |
|
| Filter / Back to top |
|
|
internisus
shafer sephiroth
Joined: 04 Dec 2006
|
| Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2010 7:50 am |
|
|
| Knurek wrote: |
| Of course, DQ4 DS translation had it's share of controversy as well. And I'm not talking about the accents, but the fact that the Japanese ROM had a pretty much complete translation in place, the US version was released a year later with the Party Talk dummied out (roughly 60% of game's text). |
Are you saying that all of the Party Talk text is available in English on the Japanese ROM for DQ4? I had resigned myself to playing half a game along with the rest of the western world, but... |
|
| Filter / Back to top |
|
|
Intentionally Wrong
Joined: 05 Dec 2006
|
| Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2010 8:56 am |
|
|
I'm playing this! I now have an acrobatics-focused Minstrel (soon to be spear-wielding Warrior), a whip-using Mage, a wand-using Priest (who will swap to Sage once faith is maxed), and a rod-using Martial Artist. Their names are Tavros, Aradia, Vriska, and Terezi. (They actually like to role-play, after all....)
_________________
JSNLV is frequently and intentionally wrong. |
|
| Filter / Back to top |
|
|
108
fairy godmilf
Joined: 05 Dec 2006
Location: oakland, california
|
| Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2010 9:38 am |
|
|
my dragon quest characters are always
billy
bobby
pippy
sally
yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhh
_________________
 |
|
| Filter / Back to top |
|
|
boojiboy7
narcissistic irony-laden twat
Joined: 04 Dec 2006
Location: take me on a blatant doom trip.
|
| Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2010 11:55 am |
|
|
Booji, our hero, a Minstrel with a sword problem
Sarah, our mage
Argh, our creepy thief with red eyes and no eyebrows
Grace, our spear wielding cleric, who secretly desires to be Grace Jones. |
|
| Filter / Back to top |
|
|
CubaLibre
the road lawyer
Joined: 02 Mar 2007
Location: Balmer
|
| Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2010 5:48 pm |
|
|
The challenge is to play Chrono Cross and uniquely rename each character.
_________________
Let's Play, starring me. |
|
| Filter / Back to top |
|
|
skelethulu
Joined: 05 Dec 2006
Location: OAKLAND
|
| Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2010 5:56 pm |
|
|
Was multiplayering this yesterday! Was underleveled compared to secondpillow so he sent his guy into my world wearing a suit jacket and slime helmet with no pants. We sliced our way through a dungeon, restoring peace to some place.
I have to say! As soon as the multiplayer was turned on it felt like playing a Dragon Quest MMO. Which I guess is to be expected! Except since we were in the same room I was able to pour him a diet chocolate fudge soda (real thing I bought and did not make up) and bake up some beans. When viewed through the lenses of MMO glasses this game is pretty phenomenal. Each town has 1 or 2 quests, all with cutscenes. Alright!
Also I put my DS to sleep for like 30 minutes but he stayed in my world (maybe it didn't sleep, but that was still neat).
_________________
 |
|
| Filter / Back to top |
|
|
evnvnv
hapax legomenon
Joined: 05 Dec 2006
Location: the los angeles
|
| Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2010 9:59 pm |
|
|
i got this, and i am going to play it at jury duty tomorrow. yes i am. full report forthcoming.
_________________
The text will not live forever. The cup are small |
|
| Filter / Back to top |
|
|
Isfet
Joined: 05 Dec 2006
Location: A New York
|
| Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2010 3:25 pm |
|
|
bought this yesterday and played it for about 5 hours staight until 3am.
i umm...yea, i like it. it's perhaps not amazing at this point, but it's certainly Dragon Quest-y and charming.
i'm really sad that the multiplayer is local only. and i'm also sad that there seems to be no progress made on some kind of DS tunneler or something as i'd really love to try playing this with someone.
the only person i know who has this (SB's favorite female game journo) is too busy playing Persona 3 Portable at the moment. |
|
| Filter / Back to top |
|
|
Sly Buccelli
Joined: 10 Jan 2007
Location: DiGiorno of Death
|
| Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2010 4:19 pm |
|
|
Why are those bastards at Play Asia not shipping this to me?
_________________
 |
|
| Filter / Back to top |
|
|
spinach
hardline radical martian
Joined: 04 Mar 2008
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA!
|
| Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2010 6:09 pm |
|
|
| Family Computer wrote: |
For the Nintendo DS.
Everyone come over to my house so we can play it. |
it wasn't in the gamestop i walked into last thursday but i did get this instruction manual shaped advertisement that's all full of color and lovely
_________________
| mauve wrote: |
| thieves are more boons to other classes than anything else. |
http://pleasestopthese.tumblr.com |
|
| Filter / Back to top |
|
|
Drem
Joined: 04 Dec 2006
Location: The Planet Bookshelves
|
| Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2010 6:13 pm |
|
|
| I just found out this game isn't an action rpg anymore. When did that happen? How does multiplayer work now? |
|
| Filter / Back to top |
|
|
evnvnv
hapax legomenon
Joined: 05 Dec 2006
Location: the los angeles
|
| Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2010 7:19 pm |
|
|
update: i do not have to go to jury duty. i will now dragon quest myself into sweet oblivion. it is weird how the series that is the MOST "jrpg" is also the most tolerable jrpg. Making every piece of armor and equipment visible on your dudes is the best thing since numbers-go-up.
_________________
The text will not live forever. The cup are small |
|
| Filter / Back to top |
|
|
Isfet
Joined: 05 Dec 2006
Location: A New York
|
| Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2010 9:27 pm |
|
|
the game stopped being an action RPG not too long after it was announced and people went nuts (in the bad way).
just beat the boss after reaching Alltrades Abbey. so i'm sure i'll find out when i turn the DS on again, but how does switching vocations work in this game? do you keep prior skills etc., or is it like starting from square 1? if the latter, what's the purpose? |
|
| Filter / Back to top |
|
|
BalbanesBeoulve
Malicious Bastard
Joined: 04 Dec 2006
|
| Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2010 11:10 pm |
|
|
| Isfet wrote: |
the game stopped being an action RPG not too long after it was announced and people went nuts (in the bad way).
just beat the boss after reaching Alltrades Abbey. so i'm sure i'll find out when i turn the DS on again, but how does switching vocations work in this game? do you keep prior skills etc., or is it like starting from square 1? if the latter, what's the purpose? |
Class skills and bonuses transfer to every other class. Not sure if you can use weapon skills with other types of weapons. But if you switch to another class that can use that same weapon you can still use them or if you put 100 pts into a weapon skill you can use that weapon type with any other class. Spells arent transferred between classes.
_________________
|
|
| Filter / Back to top |
|
|
Wilkes
the lester bangs of selectbutton posting
Joined: 04 Dec 2006
Location: i'm here.
|
| Posted: Wed Jul 21, 2010 2:06 am |
|
|
| I got a slime blue DSi XL. |
|
| Filter / Back to top |
|
|
Wilkes
the lester bangs of selectbutton posting
Joined: 04 Dec 2006
Location: i'm here.
|
| Posted: Wed Jul 21, 2010 2:09 am |
|
|
| Mr. Toups wrote: |
I've found myself alternating between respecting and despising this game's translation.
The game itself, though, is very nice so far. Wish it wasn't so easy! Why can't they make it as hard as the original dragon quest! |
It does seem extremely easy. I am considering playing it with just a party of two. |
|
| Filter / Back to top |
|
|
BalbanesBeoulve
Malicious Bastard
Joined: 04 Dec 2006
|
| Posted: Wed Jul 21, 2010 2:11 am |
|
|
How far are you? The bosses are pretty tough.
_________________
|
|
| Filter / Back to top |
|
|
skelethulu
Joined: 05 Dec 2006
Location: OAKLAND
|
| Posted: Wed Jul 21, 2010 3:32 am |
|
|
Wilkes I hope you like your DSi For Men. I have the wine burgandy one and it is so big and I love it.
_________________
|
|
| Filter / Back to top |
|
|
Wilkes
the lester bangs of selectbutton posting
Joined: 04 Dec 2006
Location: i'm here.
|
| Posted: Wed Jul 21, 2010 4:18 am |
|
|
| BalbanesBeoulve wrote: |
| How far are you? The bosses are pretty tough. |
about 17 hours in. I'm glad to know it gets harder.
| skelethulu wrote: |
| Wilkes I hope you like your DSi For Men. I have the wine burgandy one and it is so big and I love it. |
Yes but fizzy cola it was hard to wait for the blue one. but totally worth it. it's so goddamn good looking.
 |
|
| Filter / Back to top |
|
|
Family Computer
Joined: 17 Mar 2008
|
| Posted: Fri Jul 23, 2010 3:15 pm |
|
|
| BalbanesBeoulve wrote: |
| Isfet wrote: |
the game stopped being an action RPG not too long after it was announced and people went nuts (in the bad way).
just beat the boss after reaching Alltrades Abbey. so i'm sure i'll find out when i turn the DS on again, but how does switching vocations work in this game? do you keep prior skills etc., or is it like starting from square 1? if the latter, what's the purpose? |
Class skills and bonuses transfer to every other class. Not sure if you can use weapon skills with other types of weapons. But if you switch to another class that can use that same weapon you can still use them or if you put 100 pts into a weapon skill you can use that weapon type with any other class. Spells arent transferred between classes. |
If you "master" a weapon(max it out w/ 100 skill points) then any class the character switches to can use it. Also applies to shields.
_________________
3DS Friendcode: 2337-3480-4823
PSN: play2forget
This summer, become Buried In Games. |
|
| Filter / Back to top |
|
|
BalbanesBeoulve
Malicious Bastard
Joined: 04 Dec 2006
|
| Posted: Fri Jul 23, 2010 11:07 pm |
|
|
Fisticuff skills don't work with claws. =(
Freaking worthless.
_________________
|
|
| Filter / Back to top |
|
|
8128
Joined: 06 Jun 2008
Location: a very very very fine house
|
| Posted: Sat Jul 24, 2010 12:55 am |
|
|
fisticuffs is the fucking shit
_________________
|
|
| Filter / Back to top |
|
|
Penguin Magic
Joined: 10 Mar 2010
|
| Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2010 4:25 am |
|
|
Two reasons to use Fisticuffs:
1. The game is easy.
2. When has punching (in a game) not been awesome? |
|
| Filter / Back to top |
|
|
8128
Joined: 06 Jun 2008
Location: a very very very fine house
|
| Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2010 5:13 am |
|
|
3. Wind Sickles
4. Multifist
_________________
|
|
| Filter / Back to top |
|
|
gambrinus
Joined: 19 Dec 2006
Location: Boulder, CO
|
| Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2010 9:49 pm |
|
|
| Penguin Magic wrote: |
Two reasons to use Fisticuffs:
1. The game is easy.
2. When has punching (in a game) not been awesome? |
Yes, but will any RPG ever outdo Nocturne in terms of awesome punching? |
|
| Filter / Back to top |
|
|
CubaLibre
the road lawyer
Joined: 02 Mar 2007
Location: Balmer
|
|
| Filter / Back to top |
|
|
BalbanesBeoulve
Malicious Bastard
Joined: 04 Dec 2006
|
| Posted: Tue Jul 27, 2010 2:25 am |
|
|
| Penguin Magic wrote: |
2. When has punching (in a game) not been awesome? |
Not as cool as drill hands.
_________________
|
|
| Filter / Back to top |
|
|
Bennett
Joined: 03 Apr 2009
|
| Posted: Tue Jul 27, 2010 10:08 am |
|
|
It seems to me that the whole point of DQ games, like Wizardry games, is that you play them when you want an ultra-conservative, by the book medieval fantasy experience. You know, when you might otherwise play Nethack or the Bard's Tale. In any of these games, there need to be slimes, dragons, arrows, chests, chainmail and a grassy English-looking landscape, or you wind up feeling robbed.
I started playing it today but it occurred to me I was not in a nostalgic enough mood and so I switched it off to save for later. When I come back to it, I think I'll break a lifelong aversion and have a bard as my main character. |
|
| Filter / Back to top |
|
|
Lance Boyle
banned
Joined: 24 Jul 2010
|
| Posted: Tue Jul 27, 2010 11:21 am |
|
|
| Quote: |
| When I come back to it, I think I'll break a lifelong aversion and have a bard as my main character. |
Your main character starts out as a Minstrel (and the job switching system doesn't open up until around the ten hour mark), so you're in luck! The decision's been made for you!
Too bad the game doesn't actually have harps :( |
|
| Filter / Back to top |
|
|
HarveyQ
Joined: 28 Jan 2009
Location: on a beach in a town where I am going to live
|
| Posted: Tue Jul 27, 2010 11:12 pm |
|
|
i was always tempted to use fisticuffs in DQ8, but the allure of SPEARS was too much for me to resist!
_________________
ghosts appear and fade away |
|
| Filter / Back to top |
|
|
CubaLibre
the road lawyer
Joined: 02 Mar 2007
Location: Balmer
|
| Posted: Tue Jul 27, 2010 11:49 pm |
|
|
Reason why Mount & Blade is one of the best games of all time reason #47:
Spears are actually awesome.
_________________
Let's Play, starring me. |
|
| Filter / Back to top |
|
|
SuperWes
Joined: 04 Dec 2006
Location: St. Louis, Missouri
|
| Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2010 12:17 am |
|
|
My healer (Chris) uses spears.
Position 1: Wes Swordsman
Position 2: Chris Spear Healer
Position 3: Randy Bare Fisted Monk
Position 4: Patience Staff Mage
-Wes
_________________
  |
|
| Filter / Back to top |
|
|
Lance Boyle
banned
Joined: 24 Jul 2010
|
| Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2010 12:42 am |
|
|
| CubaLibre wrote: |
Reason why Mount & Blade is one of the best games of all time reason #47:
Spears are actually awesome. |
More so than Eric Lecarde in Castlevania: Bloodlines?
Also, I'm grinding each character to at least Level 30 in all classes to get maximum ability / stat up benefits.
You have a ridiculous advantage the next time you start at Level 1 if you've mastered a weapon. You can get to where you were in the other job in less than half the time! |
|
| Filter / Back to top |
|
|
gooktime
Joined: 04 Dec 2006
Location: no
|
| Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2010 7:17 am |
|
|
Yeah you need those stat benefits for the post-game stuff if you can be bothered.
Was kinda disappointed sage is just a really good healer with a couple of buff/nuke spells instead of the dq3 every spell in the game sage. |
|
| Filter / Back to top |
|
|
BenoitRen
I bought RAM
Joined: 05 Jan 2007
|
| Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2010 1:38 pm |
|
|
This talk about classes and their abilities makes me want to play Final Fantasy V again.
_________________
Get Xenoblade Chronicles!
| udoschuermann wrote: |
| Whenever I read things like "id like to by a new car," I cringe inside, imagine some grunting ape who happened across a keyboard, and move on without thinking about the attempted message. |
|
|
| Filter / Back to top |
|
|
The Blueberry Hill
Joined: 12 Dec 2006
Location: The otherwise central zone.
|
| Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2010 4:04 pm |
|
|
| RANDY BARE FISTED MONK |
|
| Filter / Back to top |
|
|
Boston
Joined: 10 Sep 2008
|
| Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2010 5:18 pm |
|
|
been playin' for about 10 hours now, really digging this game. early on the idea popped into my head that i want to dress my main character up to look exactly like the main character of dragon quest viii...has anyone done this or know if it's possible? i feel like that's the kind of easter egg that would be in this game.
you guys have inspired me to change one of my characters to a weaponless monk...booya!
_________________
 |
|
| Filter / Back to top |
|
|
|
FAQ
Search
Memberlist
Usergroups
Register
Profile
Log in to check your private messages
Log in
